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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people lived in the hut where the Rudomins moved after Nina became pregnant?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. What author did Esther mention reading in Chapter 6 as an example of how terrible capitalism was?
(a) Carroll.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Stevenson.
(d) Dickens.

3. How old was Esther at the beginning of the book?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

4. What color gloves did Grandmother Anna wear on the train?
(a) Brown.
(b) Navy.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

5. How long was Esther allowed to lay on a straw mattress when she was sick?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 3 days.

6. About how long did the Rudomins and others travel before they were allowed off the train?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) About 6 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) About 4 weeks.

7. After Uncle David called, what did Esther's father wear when he went to Esther's grandfather's apartment?
(a) Business suit.
(b) Dressing gown.
(c) Pajamas.
(d) Slacks and a dress shirt.

8. What nationality did Esther see in her mother's features?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

9. What color curtains did Esther have in her bedroom in Chapter 1?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink and white.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Green.

10. Approximately how many people were taken to the gypsum mines?
(a) 150.
(b) 95.
(c) 115.
(d) 125.

11. How many huts were near the gypsum mine?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

12. What did Esther's mother give her to take to her grandmother?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Matchbox.
(d) Photo albums.

13. How many grams of bread were the Polish slave laborers given?
(a) 300.
(b) 400.
(c) 200.
(d) 500.

14. When did Hitler's armies march on Poland?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1938.

15. How many of the Siberians had a chipped front tooth from eating sunflower seeds?
(a) 80%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 60%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many families wished to stay at the mine?

2. What did Esther smell when they got to Rubtsovsk?

3. What year was it in Chapter 1?

4. How long did each trip take for the Rudomins to move their belongings to their new dwelling place in Chapter 9?

5. What month did the snows begin?

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